A user pulls Windows Phone out of the grave to watch YouTube videos without advertising and without violating the platform’s policies
OR Youtube has ended the siege with the use of ad blockers on the platform: in addition to displaying a warning to deactivate it, the site also stops playback after opening three different videos with the plugin active. However, there is an alternative that bypasses the restriction thanks to the recent Windows Phone.
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It is not necessary to have a device with Microsoft’s retired operating system for what. According to YouTuber Enderman, it is possible to use an extension that changes the user agent and choose Windows Phone as an option: in this way the browser runs the page as if you were trying to access it from your mobile phone and does not show the warning against blockers.
So, do ad blockers violate YouTube’s ToS? Well, because user agent spoofers don’t.
Change your user agent in Windows Phone to disable ads.https://t.co/mDOROwyNkT pic.twitter.com/q0kYArnOk6
— Enderman (@endermanch) October 20, 2023
The agent switcher allows you to load a web page based on the interface of different devices or operating systems. Interestingly, one of the options used to bypass YouTube is the User-Agent Switcher for Chrome, developed by YouTube itself. Google.
In a video posted by Enderman, the trick still brings the old YouTube look to Windows Phone, which might appeal to the more nostalgic. The profile reveals that agent simulators would not violate the video platform’s terms and conditions, but the company is likely to release a fix soon.
It is worth mentioning that attempting to use the extension is done at each user’s own risk.

YouTube and the fight against ad blockers
The YouTube measures taken to prevent the use of advertising blockers during playback, especially in the browser version. The platform displays a warning on the screen to inform you that these tools violate the platform’s terms and conditions, and in some cases, prevent access to content after using an ad blocker for three videos in a row.
Therefore, the only official option to watch videos without ads is to subscribe to YouTube Premium, offered at R$ 24.90 per month in Brazil.
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